Long lay off for Lion

Lions tourist Luke Fitzgerald faces up to six months on the sidelines.

The Ireland wing requires surgery on a knee injury and could now miss the remainder of the season.

Fitzgerald ruptured a lateral collateral ligament in his country's 20-20 draw with Australia on Sunday and will undergo surgery today.

Fitzgerald was a central figure in Ireland's historic Grand Slam triumph and then went on to win a Lions Test cap in the series defeat to South Africa this summer.

He started the second Test against the Springboks in Pretoria and played a total of five games on tour.

Fitzgerald featured against the Cheetahs, Southern Kings and Emerging Springboks and was a try scorer in the comprehensive win over the Sharks.

The 22-year-old was also one of Leinster's star performers as they secured a third-place finish in last year's Magners League and claimed a first Heineken Cup crown.

With a recovery and rehabilitation period of between four to six months, Fitzgerald could feature at some point before the end of the 2009/10 season but he will definitely miss Ireland's autumn internationals and the 2010 Six Nations.

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